Northrup Grumman expands US Arctic connectivity

two-satellite constellation known as the Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission (ASBM), built by the US defence prime Northrup Grumman, was launched into geosynchronus orbit from Vandenburg Space Force Base, California.

ASBM is designed to operate in a highly elliptical orbit to provide effective military, as well as commercial, communications coverage in the Arctic region.

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